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Humanitarian workers still struggle to combat the recent Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo. The WHO, according to the World Health Organization, said special teams had been shelled last week. The battle between the rebels and the government army also creates dangerous situations for aid workers.
Since the official announcement of this outbreak on August 1, almost three months ago, 267 Ebola patients have been counted (232 confirmed and probably 35), of whom 170 have died (135 confirmed and 35 confirmed). probably). Up to now, 21 caregivers have been infected, three of whom have died. The doctor who had already been infected was cured.
In one week, 27 new infections were added, reports WHO. Around the city of Beni, most (24) new infections occurred despite the efforts of humanitarian workers, led by the Congolese Ministry of Health and its partners. WHO has a team of 250 people in the region and is not planning to withdraw it yet. Up to the previous week, 122 vaccination rings had been defined. 22,288 people have now been vaccinated.
A remarkable number of young children have been infected, notes the Congolese Ministry against the Reuters news agency. The Ministry attributes this situation to unhygienic practices of local traditional doctors. A spokesman for the ministry said that young patients often visit these healers with malaria and are infected because traditional doctors do not disinfect their instruments enough.
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